PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Erik Compton will turn 40 later this year, but he’ll always be a South Florida kid.
The locals love to root for him.
The proof is on his cell phone, where he received a good luck text from Tiger Woods on Wednesday morning. Woods is the most famous local rooting for him this week.
Compton, who is playing the Web.com Tour, won the Monday qualifier to get into the Honda Classic. Woods lives in nearby Jupiter but isn’t playing this week.
Compton was raised in Miami, a 90-minute drive south of PGA National.